Netflix "documentaries" are absolute shams when it comes to the facts and truth

ShineOn7

Tiger King was utterly batshít crazy and so funny in places. But if you believe more than 20% of it's contents are true or not twisted then you haven't copped onto Netflix's "documentaries" yet

Baskin has refuted every single claim made against her and I'm leaning towards her telling the truth https://bigcatrescue.org/refuting-netflix-tiger-king/

Don't believe Netflix's documentaries are full of shíte? Then you need to Google what they left out of Making A Murderer and how they flat out lied with their Game Changers vegetarian diet documentary.

They're the Daily Mail of documentary makers. Even if they don't "make" them all in house, they always sign up ones that are 80% lies or exaggeration

Take them as light entertainment, but don't go online then ranting about how X or Y is guilty or not. Anyone who knows how to use Google (and their brain) is just laughing at you

I've gotten that feeling with a few of their documentaries to the point where I don't watch them anymore.. sensationalist sh1te just designed to get the unwashed masses wound up.. just hearing the lads I work with going on about the tiger king figured that would be the case..

lertsnim

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Tiger King was utterly batshít crazy and so funny in places. But if you believe more than 20% of it's contents are true or not twisted then you haven't copped onto Netflix's "documentaries" yet

Baskin has refuted every single claim made against her and I'm leaning towards her telling the truth https://bigcatrescue.org/refuting-netflix-tiger-king/

Don't believe Netflix's documentaries are full of shíte? Then you need to Google what they left out of Making A Murderer and how they flat out lied with their Game Changers vegetarian diet documentary.

They're the Daily Mail of documentary makers. Even if they don't "make" them all in house, they always sign up ones that are 80% lies or exaggeration

Take them as light entertainment, but don't go online then ranting about how X or Y is guilty or not. Anyone who knows how to use Google (and their brain) is just laughing at you

Most documentaries are. It's not just Netflix.

ShineOn7

lertsnim wrote: »

Most documentaries are. It's not just Netflix.

They're the worst culprits for it over the last 5 years though

Dravokivich

I haven't watched it. I've seen stuff about that guy before. What I find really bewildering, is the Carole Baskins meme thing that's come from it. Do people not realise she is real and isnt a fcuking joke?

ShineOn7

What the Tiger King makers left out, including;

• Joe Exotic Faked Cancer
• Carole Baskin's Ex-Boyfriend Jay Baykal Took Out a Restraining Order Against Her
• In a Secretly-Taped Conversation With James Garretson, Joe Explained How Baskin's Murder Would Happen. He wasn't framed
• Joe Made Employees Sign $1 Million Non-Disclosure Agreements

https://popculture.com/streaming/2020/04/15/dog-movies-netflix-quarantine/

Fann Linn

In fairness they were all bat**** crazy in that documentary.

ShineOn7

Fann Linn wrote: »

In fairness they were all bat**** crazy in that documentary.

Yes for sure and entertaining too

Netflix can't help but make and sign up documentaries with a "twist" though, in this case;

strongly portraying Baskins as a murderer, when there's more evidence that she wasn't than she was

They always want that crazy plot curveball that gets them traction on Social Media. But usually the truth doesn't come into it

All that fandango

Always thought Netflix docs were completely or mostly staged. Always thought it since Abducted in Plain Sight.

briany

What I think people forget sometimes is that most documentaries are not made with some sort of ironclad journalistic integrity. The filmmaker is still tasked with making a compelling picture just the same as when they're making something based off of a script. This usually means taking a big amount of footage and editing it down into a feature usually between 90 - 150 minutes. And that very act of leaving things out means you're not representing things truthfully.

But if you step back and look at this particular film, Joe Exotic is not made out to be a saint at all. Joe is shown to be doing a huge amount of shady sh** in the documentary, like plotting to kill people, mistreating animals, manipulating people and misappropriating funds. The makers sure didn't miss the opportunity to play up the more sensational aspects of these people's lives, but at the same time, nobody has been forcing its viewers to take Joe Exotic to their collective bosom and condemn Carol Baskin. People who go online and rant about the guilt of Carol Baskin just need to go and do some independent research.

ShineOn7

All that fandango wrote: »

Always thought Netflix docs were completely or mostly staged. Always thought it since Abducted in Plain Sight.

It's been recommended to me many times but I haven't watched it yet. Is it very dodgy in what it leaves out?